Month: <span>November 2024</span>
Month: November 2024

A Cross-Sectional Study of the Use of Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Community Identification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 in Kenya

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Nov 26:tpmd230756. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0756. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Mass testing with antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDT), including testing …

Risk factors of lymph node metastasis in the diffuse sclerosing variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma compared with conventional papillary thyroidcarcinoma in pediatric populations

Oral Oncol. 2024 Nov 25;160:107120. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2024.107120. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinicopathological features and predictors of lymph node metastasis (LNM) …

Implementing SARS-CoV-2 Testing during a Large-Scale Sporting Event in Africa: Lessons Learned from the Africa Football Cup of Nations Tournament in Cameroon

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Nov 26:tpmd230898. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0898. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT During the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) football tournament …

Evaluating an App-Based Intervention for Preventing Firearm Violence and Substance Use in Young Black Boys and Men: Usability Evaluation Study

JMIR Form Res. 2024 Nov 26;8:e60918. doi: 10.2196/60918. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Young Black male individuals are 24 times more likely to be impacted by firearm injuries …

Efficacy of a Mobile App-Based Behavioral Intervention (DRIVEN) to Help Individuals With Unemployment-Related Emotional Distress Return to Work: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Nov 26;13:e62715. doi: 10.2196/62715. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Employment plays an important role in the maintenance of mental and physical health. Losing a …

Social-ecological Protective and Risk Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms among Black Adolescents

Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol. 2024 Nov 26. doi: 10.1007/s10802-024-01266-x. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Exposure to direct and intergenerational adversity can negatively affect the mental …

Perinatal Hypoxia and Immune System Activation in Schizophrenia Pathogenesis: Critical Considerations During COVID-19 Pandemic

Physiol Res. 2024 Nov 29;73(S2):S615-S639. ABSTRACT Schizophrenia, a severe psychiatric, neurodevelopmental disorder affecting about 0.29-1 % of the global population, is characterized by hallucinations, delusions, …

PD-L1 expression and characterization of its carrier macrophages in placentas with acute and specifically post-SARS-CoV-2 infection

Histochem Cell Biol. 2024 Nov 26;163(1):9. doi: 10.1007/s00418-024-02340-7. ABSTRACT At the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, uncertainties about the virus and its …